Snapshot of our life

Did you know that up until 1978, when China was opened to the rest of the world, every worker had the same salary and that salary was 36 kuai (today 1 kuai= 1 sek). 36 kuai per month! Of course everything was much cheaper then but still it is no wonder inflation is so high and they think 4000 kuai/month is a descent salary.

I have also learnt that if you study to become a doctor in China the main education is eight years long. After that you need to get out another 2-3 years to work in a hospital (In Swedish: AT). 1500 kuai/month is normal to get when you just graduated as a doctor...

Today has been a weird day. Fiona and I went to IKEA (2nd time this week for me...). On the way there they sold puppies on the street. Tiny white puppies in a box on the street. We decided not to get the puppies today. (Tomorrow, you never know!)

I bought Christmas flowers at IKEA. We jumped in to a taxi from IKEA and sat happily chatting in the back. Suddenly the taxi driver breaks more than usual, and I kept thinking I didn't want my flowers in the boot to fall. But then I slammed my head in to the plastic sheltering thing behind the driver. We had our first Shanghainese car accident!



Nina, badly shocked shows her wounded lip...

We weren't wounded at all (apart from my lip which hurt for five minutes) but a bit shaken up. The flowers however were very badly wounded and looked quite crippled when we left the taxi to leave the driver to the big fight with his fellow street comrades and a policeman. Maybe they should start working with margins when they drive I thought to my self but realized that is just too strange of an idea to suggest to any Shanghainese taxi driver.


Och vad vi vet så står de där än idag.



Later on we went for a little walk on our street and met this little girl standing in a washing machine. Quite surprising even for China But I guess the parents knew where she was...